| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Motivation | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Framework of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review on Humor | 第15-28页 |
| ·Evolution of Humor Study | 第15-20页 |
| ·Humor in Etymology | 第15-17页 |
| ·Humor in Psychology | 第17-19页 |
| ·Humor in Sociology | 第19-20页 |
| ·Conventional Theories of Humor | 第20-23页 |
| ·Superiority Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relief Theory | 第22页 |
| ·Incongruity Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Modem Linguistic Theories of Humor | 第23-28页 |
| ·Cooperative Principles | 第23-25页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第25页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Rhetorical Devices | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Views On Situation Comedy and Humor | 第28-32页 |
| ·Origin and Prevalence of Situation Comedy | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Brief Overview of My own Swordsman | 第29-30页 |
| ·Delimitation of the "humor" in My Own Swordsman | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Humorous Effects in My own Swordsman | 第32-52页 |
| ·The Humorous Effects Achieved by Violation of the Co-operative Principles | 第32-37页 |
| ·Violation of the Quantity Principle | 第32-34页 |
| ·Violation of the Quality Principle | 第34-35页 |
| ·Violation of the Relevance Principle | 第35-36页 |
| ·Violation of the Manner Principle | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Humorous Effects Achieved by Violation of the Politeness Principle | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Humorous Effects Achieved by Employing the Rhetorical Devices | 第40-50页 |
| ·Simile | 第40-41页 |
| ·Hyperbole | 第41-42页 |
| ·Pun | 第42-45页 |
| ·Parody | 第45-47页 |
| ·Irony | 第47-48页 |
| ·Ridicule | 第48-49页 |
| ·Anti-climax | 第49-50页 |
| ·Humorous Effects Achieved by Taking Advantage of Running Gags | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Five Laughter-eliciting Mechanism of Humor in My Own Swordsman | 第52-62页 |
| ·The Participants of the Humor | 第52-54页 |
| ·Humorist | 第53页 |
| ·Butt | 第53页 |
| ·Audience | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Mechanism of the Verbal Humor | 第54-62页 |
| ·Incongruity Theories: | 第54页 |
| ·Perception of Incongruity Arising from Culture-specific Context | 第54-56页 |
| ·Perception of the Incongruity in Humor based on Postmodern Context | 第56-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Introduciton to Major Charaters of My Own Swordsman | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Excerption of Classsie Lines from My Own Swordsman | 第69-77页 |
